KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Abolishing tolls would be difficult to implement as it would have significant implications on the country’s financial position, Deputy Works...
PM Anwar affirms federal govt's obligation in fulfilling state allocations after PAS-led Terengganu accuses Putrajaya of 'cruelty' for oil payment arrearsDeputy Works Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said abolishing tolls would be difficult to implement as it would have significant implications on the country’s financial position.
“The estimate in 2019 to abolish tolls would require us to pay to highway concessionaires over RM400 billion. The estimate now surely has increased, I estimate it’s around RM450 billion.“... we know the national budget is around RM388 billion annually, if we want to abolish tolls with a value of RM450 billion within that one year period, we won’t have any salaries to give or for other purposes...
He said the amendment to the act would not have any financial implications for the government or any increase in toll rates agreed upon in the agreement between the government and concession companies. Meanwhile, the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill 2023, tabled for the second reading by the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department M. Kulasegaran, was also passed today.
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